Obesity Quotes

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

Bertrand Russell

More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.

Lee Haney

Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run.

Virgina Foxx

Obesity is not gluttony.

George Blackburn

As many suffer from too much as too little. A fat body makes a lean mind.

Christian Nestell Bovee

To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party.

Adelle Davis

The chief excitement in a woman's life is spotting women who are fatter than she is.

Helen Rowland

Imprisoned in every fat man, a thin one is wildly signaling to be let out.

Cyril Connolly

The obese is in a total delirium. For he is not only large, of a size opposed to normal morphology: he is larger than large. He no longer makes sense in some distinctive opposition, but in his excess, his redundancy.

Jean Baudrillard

Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.

Tom Harkin

Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America.

Lee Haney

Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.

Bovey, Shelley

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.

Bob Filner

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